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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in Yorkshire and the Humber
CountySouth Yorkshire
Electorate67,888 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentGill Furniss (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromSheffield Hillsborough, Sheffield Brightside

Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Gill Furniss, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough is a constituency in South Yorkshire in England. It covers the northern neighbourhoods of the city of Sheffield, including Brightside, Hillsborough, Burngreave, Pitsmoor, Shiregreen, Longley, Shirecliffe, Southey, Wisewood, Wadsley, Wadsley Bridge and Parson Cross.

Sheffield is traditionally an industrial city that grew rapidly during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with steelmaking and coal mining being the predominant industries. Much of the city was redeveloped after World War II; the city's steel industry made it a target for the Luftwaffe in the Sheffield Blitz. This constituency is one of the most deprived in the country.[2] Most residents live in council estates made up of semi-detached or terraced housing and around half of households are socially rented.[3] The constituency's average house price is less than half the UK average.[4]

Residents of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough have a below-average age with a low proportion of retirees.[5] They have low levels of income and homeownership and the child poverty rate is more than double the nationwide figure.[4][6] Residents generally have low levels of education and a high proportion work in the health and manufacturing sectors.[4][7] The percentage claiming unemployment benefits is high.[6] White people made up 69% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians, mostly of Pakistani origin, were the largest ethnic minority group at 13% and made up nearly half the population in the Pitsmoor area. Black people were 8% of residents.[8]

At the local city council, most of the constituency is represented by the Labour Party with some Green Party councillors in the neighbourhoods in the south and west of the constituency and Reform UK councillors in the north and east. Voters in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough strongly supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 63% voted in favour of Brexit compared to the UK-wide figure of 52%.[4]

History

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Following its review of parliamentary representation in South Yorkshire the Boundary Commission for England recommended substantial changes to the constituency boundaries in Sheffield, to add part of the Sheffield Hillsborough to the whole of the Sheffield Brightside constituency (other than a handful of houses in the corner of Walkley). The rest of the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency formed the southern half of the new Penistone and Stocksbridge seat.

Since its creation, the seat has elected members of the Labour Party; the last instance of either of the two predecessor seats being held by an MP from a party other than Labour was, for both, the period prior to the 1935 general election. Majorities since World War II have been substantial, suggesting a safe seat on historic voting preferences.

The constituency's representative from 2010 to 2015 was David Blunkett, who also represented the predecessor Sheffield Brightside constituency since 1987. Blunkett was a former frontbench senior minister who was a Secretary of State from 1997 until 2005 in the Blair ministry. He served the first four years of government as the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, three years as the Home Secretary and six months as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Blunkett retired from Parliament at the 2015 general election after representing Brightside/Brightside and Hillsborough for 28 years, the longest of any MP for the seat. The constituency representative from 2015 was Harry Harpham until he died on 4 February 2016. He was succeeded by his widow, Gill Furniss, who won a by-election on 5 May 2016.

Boundaries

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The City of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Firth Park, Hillsborough, Shiregreen and Brightside, and Southey.

From the 2024 election minor amendments were made to reflect modifications to ward boundaries.[9]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMember[10] Party
2010 David Blunkett Labour
2015 Harry Harpham
2016 by-election Gill Furniss

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Furniss 16,301 51.6 −5.0
Green Christine Kubo 4,701 14.9 +11.9
Conservative Aaron Jacob 4,069 12.9 −12.5
Independent Maxine Bowler 2,537 8.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Will Sapwell 1,694 5.4 +1.5
Workers Party Mark Tyler 1,437 4.5 N/A
SDP Jeremy Turner 873 2.8 N/A
Majority 11,600 36.7 +5.5
Turnout 31,612 44.9 −11.8
Registered electors 70,453
Labour hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[13]
Party Vote %
Labour22,83856.6
Conservative10,24725.4
Brexit Party3,9169.7
Liberal Democrats1,5703.9
Green1,2103.0
Others5851.4
Turnout 40,366 56.7
Electorate 71,154
General election 2019: Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Furniss 22,369 56.5 −10.8
Conservative Hannah Westropp 10,095 25.5 +3.9
Brexit Party Johnny Johnson 3,855 9.7 New
Liberal Democrats Stephen Porter 1,517 3.8 +1.3
Green Christine Kubo 1,179 3.0 +1.2
UKIP Shane Harper 585 1.5 −4.8
Majority 12,274 31.0 −14.7
Turnout 39,600 57.1 −2.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 2017: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Furniss 28,193 67.3 +10.7
Conservative Michael Naughton 9,050 21.6 +10.6
UKIP Shane Harper 2,645 6.3 −15.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Clement-Jones 1,061 2.5 −2.0
Green Christine Kubo 737 1.8 −2.5
Workers Revolutionary Mike Driver 137 0.3 New
SDP Muzafar Rahman 47 0.1 New
Majority 19,143 45.7 +11.2
Turnout 41,870 59.6 +4.8
Labour hold Swing +0.1
By-election 2016: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Furniss 14,087 62.5 +5.9
UKIP Steven Winstone 4,497 20.0 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed 1,385 6.1 +1.6
Conservative Spencer Pitfield 1,267 5.6 −5.4
Green Christine Kubo 938 4.2 −0.1
Yorkshire First Stevie Manion 349 1.5 New
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 58 0.2 New
Majority 9,590 42.5 +8.0
Turnout 22,581 33.2 −21.6
Labour hold Swing +4.1
General election 2015: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Harpham 22,663 56.6 +1.6
UKIP John Booker 8,856 22.1 +18.0
Conservative Elise Dünweber 4,407 11.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 1,802 4.5 −15.5
Green Christine Kubo 1,712 4.3 New
TUSC Maxine Bowler 442 1.1 −0.6
English Democrat Justin Saxton 171 0.4 New
Majority 13,807 34.5 −0.5
Turnout 40,053 54.8 −2.3
Labour hold Swing −8.2
General election 2010: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett* 21,400 55.0 −14.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 7,768 20.0 +6.9
Conservative John Sharp 4,468 11.5 +1.7
BNP John Sheldon[20] 3,026 7.8 +3.2
UKIP Patricia Sullivan 1,596 4.1 +1.1
TUSC Maxine Bowler 656 1.7 New
Majority 13,632 35.0 −21.5
Turnout 38,914 57.5 +7.1
Labour win (new seat)
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election at least every five years.

References

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  1. ↑ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Accommodation type - Census Maps, ONS". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Seat Details - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Constituency data: Population, by age". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Constituency dashboard". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  10. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  11. ↑ "Parliamentary election results". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Brightside and Hillsborough by-election result 2016". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "UK > England> Yorkshire & the Humber > Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  20. ↑ "New BNP Candidate in Sheffield Calls for War Crimes Trial for David Blunkett". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010.
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